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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: CARO MITCHELL <robertrussel6@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mitchellcarol25@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 04:51:09 -0500
Subject: HELLO BELOVED CAN YOU STAND AS MY NEXT OF KIN TO HELP THE POORllllllllll

Hello Beloved,
I am Carol Mitchell a Missionary formally with Saints Peter and Paul
Church Catholic North Beach/Telegraph Hill 666 Filbert St San
Francisco, CA 94133 USA, I have the Sum of US$6M in Citibank Bank N.A
(New York) before I was diagnosed with cancer of the blood and
according to my doctors I have just two or three weeks to live.So I
want you to help me stand as my Next of Kin to enable Citibank Bank
Transfer this US$6M to you, note that you will take US$3M out of this
US$6M and give the remaining US$3M to any Charity Home here in United
State, Africa, Canada, Europe and Asia because that was the vow I made
to my God Almighty before I became a Missionary.

I want you to get back to me immediately if you are interested to
stand as my Next of Kin, So that I can write you with my private email
address and introduce you to my Lawyer,Bank and direct you on how to
proceed before I pass away in this world because I have only two weeks
to live according to my Doctor. I wait your urgent response.

Thanks,
Missionary Carol Mitchell.
Saints Peter and Paul Church

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